Twin-saddle attachment for motor-cycles.



R. G HANNA. TWIN SADDLE ATTACHMENT FOR MOTOR CYCLES.

' APPLICATION HLED NOV-11,19l4. 1,154,308. Patented Sept. 21, 1915.

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RAYIVIOND G. HANNA-,OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TWIN-SADDLE'ATTACHMENT FOB, MOTOR-CYCLES.

Application filed November 17, 1914.

To all whom, it may concern Beit known that I, RAYMOND G. HANNA, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Twin-Saddle Attachment for Motor-Cycles, of which thefollowing is a specification.

lhe objectofmy in-ventionis to prov1de a. twin-saddle attachment which may be for carrying eitherzthe ordinarymotorcycle saddles, on seats of any. character, .interchangeably, and which affordsmeans for-the readiest attachment or. adjustment; ofsuch saddles orseats to thesupportin-gframe of my invention.

Itis also an object of my invention to provide an attachment having supporting means adapted to be fastened-either. tothe lower rear forks or to the lower parto-f the seat post mast as desired.

It is of course an.- object I of my intention:

to provide a device in which the numben'of parts required have been reduced to the smallest practical number to attain the objects set forth, and which has effective ad justing means, as more fully hereinafter set forth.

I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation showing my attachment mounted on a motorcycle; Fig. 2 is a front elevation of my attachment, partly in section; Fig. 3 is a section on line 33 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a section on line 44; of Fig. 2; and Fig. 5 is a section on line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

Like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

Specification'of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 21, 1915.

Serial No. 872,630.

I provide a transversely extending member 1, having a clamp 2 fastened atits central portion adapted to be in turn fastened to the saddle post of a motorcycle. Pivotally attachedto the ends of member 1, orefer ably by means of clamps illustrated which are pinned and brazed to member 1, are obliquelydisposed members 3, having threaded portions l, as illustrated in Fig. 2, adapted to engage with supporting members 5, and secured in place by lock nuts 6. The principal supporting elements of the device are preferably of tubing, though it is within the contemplation of my invention to substitute rods. for tubing. Supporting mcmbore 5 preferably have brazed in their lower ends solid members 7 adapted to receive the end .of a bolt, as illustrated in the drawings. Engaged to the lower ends of supporting members 5, preferably by means of members 7 as illustrated are adjustable clamping means 8, preferably comprising opposite grooved members 8 engageable to the motorcycle framework, and bolts 8 adjustably fastening the attachment to motorcycleframe members. My attachment may be fastened to the rear forks of rigid frame machines or to the saddle post mast of spring frame machines, with suitable clamping means, the drawings accompanying this application disclosing my preferred construction. Adjustably attached to transversely extending member 1, on opposite sides of the motorcycle, are saddle or seat supporting members 9. It is within the contemplation of my invention to mount eithersaddles or seats other than saddles on members 9. Members 9, it will be observed, are slidable laterally independently of each other, thus permitting of proper adjustment for riders of substantially difierent weight.

In operation my twin saddle attachment as a whole is longitudinally adjustable, it being shown in its rearward position in Fig. 1, with clamp 2 extending rearwardly relative to the saddle post. By reversing the clamp 2 so as to extend forward from the saddle post, and moving clamping means 8 correspondingly the attachment as a whole may be adjusted to a position longitudinally forward on the machine, the U-shaped central portion of member 1 permitting of this adjustment. Saddle or seat supporting members 9 are adjusted in their relation to the center of the motorcycle so that if a lighter rider is on one side of the machine, the member 9 on that side can be slid out laterally farther from the I machine and clamped in position to overcome the weight of the heavier rider on the opposite side of the motorcycle. Members 3 and 5 having a threaded engagement with each other are adjustable .to dilferent sizes of motorcycles and as to the distance they will extend from the rear forks out.

What I claim is:

l. A twin saddle attachment comprising transversely extending saddle supporting means, saddle posts adjustably mounted thereon, bracing members pivotally attached to theends of the saddle supporting means, bracing members attached to and adjustable relative to the first-mentioned bracing members to allow for adjustment of the device to different sizes of cycle frames, and having clamping means engaging the cycle frame.

2. A saddle attachment comprising a transversely-extending seat supporting member of inverted Uform at its central portion, opposite seats mounted thereon, means for clamping the aforesaid seat-supporting mem ber either rearwardly or forwardly of the seat post of the cycle, and bracing means supporting the ends of the seat-supporting member from the cycle frame.

3. A saddle attachment comprising a transversely-extending seat supporting member, means for adjustably mounting seats thereon, means for adjustably fastening'the seat supporting member to the cycle saddle post, and adjustable bracing means pivotally engaging the outer ends of the seat supporting member andadjustably engag-.

ing lower portions of the cycle frame.

4:. A saddle attachment comprising a transversely extending member, a clamp at its central portion adapted to reversibly engage the cycle saddle post, obliquely-disposed members pivotally -mounted to the Copies of this patent may be obtained for adjustable connection with the obliquelydisposed members, substantially as described.

5 A twin saddle attachment comprising a transversely extending member, independently adjustable saddle supporting means mounted thereon, longitudinally adjustable means'clamping the transversely, extending member to the cycle, vertically adjustable supporting means having a pivotal connec tion with the outer ends of the transversely extending member, and adjustable clamping means mounted to the lower ends of the aforesaid vertically adjustable means to fasten-same to the cycle frame, substantially as described.

' 6. A'twin' saddle attachment comprising a transversely extending member, means forj attaching same to a cycle frame, -means capable of independent lateral adjustment for supporting twin seats on the transversely extending member, obliquely-disposed mem-' bers pivotally engaging the ends of the transverse member mentioned and having threaded end portions, supporting members adjustablyengaging the obliquely-disposed members, lock nuts engageable with the latter members, and clamping means supported by the lower ends of the supporting members mentioned and adapted to be fastened to'the lower rear forks of a cycle, substantially as set forth.

In testlmony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature, 1n the presence of two witnesses.

RAYMOND G. HANNA.

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